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BIDDANDA

(Suresh) P. PONNAPPA

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Asst.Dean for

Learning Resources & 201

Emerald Chase Circle

Director of Medical Library Johnson

City, TN 37615

James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Ph: 423-***-****

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN 37614

E-mail: abpy4j@r.postjobfree.com

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EDUCATION

1984

M.S.L.S.

Library and Information Science

1977

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Master's in Agricultural Extension Education

(Admitted to Candidacy)

1977- 1984

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Pursued course work towards Doctoral Degree in Education with

specialization in instructional media: methods and techniques.

1972

Dip-in Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass-Communication

Mass.Comm. St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India

1970

B.S.(Agri) University

of Agricultural Sciences,

Bangalore, India

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/1999 -

Assistant Dean, Learning Resources and Director of the Medical Library,

James H. Quillen College of Medicine,

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.

8/1994 -

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1998

Associate Professor and Head, Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library

Responsibilities included: Overall planning, management and policy

guidance of this branch

library, consisting of 2.5 FTE Librarians, 4 FTE support staff and 2.0 FTE student

assistants;

for the development and implementation of all related programs and plans;

for hiring, training

and evaluating personnel; and for contributing to the management of Public Services

in particular

and the Libraries in general.

This branch has more than 150,000 volumes and subscribes to more than

600 journals.

This is also a depository library for agricultural documents distributed by

the Government Printing Office.

2/1992 -

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

7/1994

Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Interlibrary Services(ILS) and Distance

Education

Duties included: Plan, direct, coordinate and monitor the operations of

the ILS to improve access

to collections and materials outside the Libraries; contribute to this mission

by managing the ILS unit,

including staff supervision; establishment and interpretation of policies and

procedures; planning,

budget preparation, and cost assessment; and application of information technology

to improve

interlibrary services; also, participate with Networked Services librarians

in the design and implementation

of information services that involve networking and resource sharing; continue

to participate in reference

and database search activities in the Reference Department for a few hours a

week. Responsible for

about $150,000 budget a year. During this time we successfully implemented document

delivery service

using the Ariel software; changed over to OCLC's ILL/Prism service; became member

of RLIN

Shared Resources Program; and, National Library of Medicine's Docline service.

Distance Education

related duties include offering BI classes to off-campus classes; help those

students with easier access

to library services; provide input to the instructors about available library

services.

11/1989 -

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2/1992

Assistant Professor and Life Sciences Reference Librarian

Duties included: Provide Library related services such as reference assistance,

database searching,

bibliographic instruction and collection development for the faculty and students

in the following areas:

Biochemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology and Bio-Technology.

During this time developed a conspectus for the microbiology collection and

participated in a project

to cancel $300,000 worth of serials subscriptions due to budgetary shortfalls.

About 25% of all

database searches provided in the department were done by me.

4/1984 -

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

10/1989 Assistant

Professor/Instructor and Microforms/Government Documents

Reference Librarian

Duties included: overall management of the Microforms and Government Documents

unit,

including budget recommendations; trained and supervised two full-time

staff and 8-10 student

library assistants; provided reference service to library users; conducted online

database search

services using any one of the following systems: Medline, Dialog, BRS(CDP),

STN, RLIN,

OCLC, and NEXIS/LEXIS; provided general and specialized bibliographic

instruction;

was responsible for collection development in the following subject areas:

library and information

sciences, communications, anthropology and microforms; and, developed a database

for microform

series guides, departmental procedural manuals, etc.

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A SELECTIVE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Leach, Sandra., Ponnappa, Biddanda P.,

"Journals Online News: Facilitating Communication on Evaluation

of Subscriptions Using the

World Wide Web" Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association

of Agricultural Information Specialists,

Vol.42, No.3/4, pp.278-283, 1997

Ponnappa, Biddanda P., Moderator of a Panel Discussion on "Document

Delivery for a Global Clientele:

Prospects for the 21st Century", USAIN/IAALD

Joint Conference on The Information Frontier: Linking

People and Resources in a Changing World, Tucson, AZ, 1997

Ponnappa, Biddanda P., Phillips, Linda L., and Huggins, Annelle R.,

"Using Interlibrary Statistics to Promote Reciprocity"

Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document

Delivery & Information Supply, Vol.6, No.2,

pp.75-82, 1995

Ponnappa, Biddanda P., "One Library's Response : Ariel Used at UT/Knoxville,"

in Doc Aquis

Column. Against the Grain, Vol.7,No.1, February 1995.

"Using the Internet as a Reference Tool," A Panel Presentation, TennShare

Workshop, Knoxville, July 1995.

"Agricultural Information via the Internet," Presentation to Agriculture

& Vocational Education Teachers from

East Tennessee High Schools, Knoxville, July 1995.

"Electronic networks and access to the Internet - An Overview," Panel presentation

to the Vice-President and

the Deans of the Institute of Agriculture, University of

Tennessee, Knoxville, February, 1995.

Group Discussion Leader, "Ways and Means to improve ILL Cooperation and Productivity."

Resource

Sharing Committee Program. Southeastern Library Association,

Charlotte, NC, October 1994.

"Improving ILL Productivity -- Exploring some Ideas." OCLC/SOLINET Users'

Group Program,

Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Nashville,

1994.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., "Internet: Slightly Beyond the Essentials,"

The UTK Librarian, Vol.9, No.1,

Fall 1993, pp.4-5.

Small Group Discussion Leader, "Using the Internet as a Reference Tool." TennShare

Annual, Conference,

Nashville, November 1993.

"Imaging Applications at the University of Tennessee - The ARIEL Experience."

American Society for

Information Society Midyear Meeting, Knoxville, May

1993.

"The Internet and It's Applications," Chattanooga Area Library Association,

Chattanooga, March 1993.

"Impact of Information Technology on our Daily Lives", East Tennessee Library

Association, Knoxville, January 1993.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., "Internet: The Essentials," The UTK Librarian, Vol.8,

No.1, Fall 1992, (insert)

"What is the Internet?," Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga,

May 1992.

"Tapping Information Resources Through a Network - Part I." East Tennessee

Chapter of the American

Society for Information Science, Knoxville, March 1992.

Phillips, Linda., Ponnappa, Biddanda., Thomas, Steve., et.al., "Tennessee Resource

Sharing: A Microbiology

Case Study", Advances in Library Resource Sharing, Vol.2.

pp.60-69, 1991.

"Focus Groups" U.T.K Libraries/GSLIS Research Incentives Group, Knoxville,

November 1991.

"Using Internet for Library Related Activities" U.T.,K Library Faculty,

Knoxville, October 1991.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., Thomas, Steve, and Wise, Flossie., "Boolean Searching in

the Online Catalog,"

The UTK Librarian, Vol.6, No.2, Spring 1991, pp.4-5.

"Microbiology Faculty Survey as a part of the IRIS Project" U.T.,K Chancellor

and his Associates,

Knoxville, September, 1990.

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TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS

"Electronic Resources Library (ERL) via the Web" - a basic training for

agriculture faculty, April 1997.

"The Internet - An Overview & Veterinary Information via the Internet",

a workshop for the

"epi-in-action" participants. ( a training program

for Regional group of practicing veterinarians) December

1996.

"A Primer to the Internet and Surfing to Locate Agricultural Information", a

workshop for vocational

agriculture teachers from Tennessee counties, September,

1996.

"Gopher as an Internet Interface," at the Internet workshop organized by TennShare,

Knoxville, July 1995.

"The Internet Basics," Workshop conducted by the Paraprofessional Roundtable

of the Tennessee

Library Association, Knoxville, July 1994.

LIS 530, "Information Sources and Services," (3 hour Graduate Credit Course)

School of Information Sciences,

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Spring 1994 and Fall

1993.

"FTP as an Internet Interface," at the Internet Workshop organized by

TennShare, Knoxville, May 1994.

"Basics of the Internet - A Hands On Workshop," conducted for the Librarians

at the Chattanooga

State Technical College, Chattanooga, March 1993

LIS 534, "Government Publications," (3 hour Graduate Credit Course) Graduate

School of Library & Information

Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Summer

1990

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

1984 - American

Library Association (ALA)

- Association of College and Research Librarians (ACRL)

- Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)

- New Members Round Table (NMRT) (formerly known as JMRT)

Committee Activities:

Chair, Booth Committee (1987-88)

Member, Booth Committee (1986-87)

Chair, Students to ALA Committee (1985-86)

Member, Students to ALA Committee (1984-85)

1985 - Tennessee

Library Association (TLA)

Chair, Program Planning Committee -- 1999 TLA Annual Conference

Webmaster, TLA Homepage, 1995-

Business Manager, Tennessee Librarian, 1992-1995

Chair, Tennessee Resource Sharing Roundtable, 1994-1995

Chair-Elect, Tennessee Resource Sharing Roundtable, 1993-1994

Chair, Membership Committee, 1989-1990

Member, Membership Committee, 1988-1989

Member, Audiovisual Facilities Committee for the 1988 TLA Annual Convention

1985 - 1998

East Tennessee Library Association (ETLA)

Editor, ETLA Newsletter, 1991-1994

1994 - 1998

United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN)

Convener, Document Delivery Special Interest Group, 1995 -

1994 - 1998

International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists

(IAALD)

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HONORS AND AWARDS

Secured the First

Rank among the graduating class of 1970. In doing so, established an all-time

record in the

cumulative grade points obtained in the University. Was awarded gold medals

for:

General

proficiency

Obtaining highest grade point

Horticulture

Agricultural extension

Agricultural economics

Plant pathology

Member

of Gamma Sigma Delta (Agriculture Honor Society)

Member of Phi Kappa Phi (General Honor Society)

Member of Phi Delta Kappa (Education Honor Society)

Silver medal award

from the government of the State of Karnataka, India, in recognition of academic

achievement in Agricultural Sciences.

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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

1994 Hindu

Community Center, Knoxville. Advisor to the Library Committee

1976-79 President, India Association, Knoxville, TN.

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